12-05-2009, 12:52 AM
Since this thread hasn't been updated in over a year, I'll do a quick summary of what's happened since:
-Attempted to replace driver's window motor a couple days before Christmas 2008. Got the regulator assembly out and pulled all the screws out to remove the motor. Strangely enough, the motor didn't fall out, so I gave it a good yank. In that instant of searing pain, I recognized that it didn't fall out because it was held in place by the scissor mechanism of the regulator and it's spring. A few stitches and a broken index finger taught me a lesson I'll never forget... In the end I had to buy a new regulator assembly anyways
-Feb 09 brought a pair of new batteries and an alternator. The alternator was putting out 10 amps where it should have been 14, but I decided to replace the batteries at the same time since both looked like they were original from the factory.
-Changed the oil in April and a Blackstone analysis said the engine was good and healthy and they recommended even longer oil changes (already doing 5000 mile changes)
-Replaced the vacuum pump b/c air would only blow through the defrost vents and flushed the brake fluid.
-Attempted to replace driver's window motor a couple days before Christmas 2008. Got the regulator assembly out and pulled all the screws out to remove the motor. Strangely enough, the motor didn't fall out, so I gave it a good yank. In that instant of searing pain, I recognized that it didn't fall out because it was held in place by the scissor mechanism of the regulator and it's spring. A few stitches and a broken index finger taught me a lesson I'll never forget... In the end I had to buy a new regulator assembly anyways
-Feb 09 brought a pair of new batteries and an alternator. The alternator was putting out 10 amps where it should have been 14, but I decided to replace the batteries at the same time since both looked like they were original from the factory.
-Changed the oil in April and a Blackstone analysis said the engine was good and healthy and they recommended even longer oil changes (already doing 5000 mile changes)
-Replaced the vacuum pump b/c air would only blow through the defrost vents and flushed the brake fluid.